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APPLKJATION FILED SEPT. 3, 1908. 943,71 8. Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

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CLIFFORD VAN HORNE, OF GI'IICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

Application filed September 3, 1908. Serial No. 451,495.

Be it known that l, (fiat-roan VAN House, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following is a specification.

objects which will hereinafter My invention relatesto apparatus for carrying and displaying tabulated information and has for its objects the provis on of a device of this character which is adapted for use as awage table, one wherein the data or tabulations may be readil and conveniently inserted when needed, removed when obsolete or'altercd to meet changed conditions, the provision of a device of this character wherein a large number of tabulations on 'a given basis will be readily available, the provision of improved means for detachably supporting the strips carryingthe tabulations and protecting them, and the provision of a device of the character re ferred to which will be convenient in operation. andall the parts of which may be viewedwith facility. The above and other appear l obtain by means of a construction which I have illustrated in a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings wherein vice arranged for use as a wage scale;

Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of my de- Figure 2 'a central vertical section of the device illustrated in Figure t;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the device of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the upper i part of the device illustrated in Figure 1';

I Figure 5 is adetail of the means for holding'the information strips in position; 40

Figure 6 is a plan view partly in section of a detail, illustrating a modified method of supporting-the cylinder which carries the information strips; and-- Figure 7 1s a side elevation of the device illustrated in plan in Figured While the device is obviously susceptible of use for many purposes other'than as a wage scale, where tabulated data or progressive series of information items are convenient or usefiil, I have here illustrated my device for use as a wage table and particularly under such circumstances as require data fora large number of hours anddivisions of hours, and to conveniently receive and exhibit the required amounts for a large number of different scales of wages. I have found that in accomplishing this a vertical cylinder for the reception of the in "ormation strips is much more convenient and ,=1'{tCtlCll)l8 and carries with much more availability a larger quantity of data than it is feasible to use in connection with a flat frame or back such as is illustrated in my co-pending application No. 32,060 tiled May 11,1908, or with a horizontal cylinder.

lVhen prepared for use as a wage table or for other purposes wherein the required data varies from time to time the device comprises in its preferred form a rotatable cylinder for supporting the tabular data, a fixed scale-carrying member or members arranged adjacent to the periphery of said cylinder, :1 series of parallel information strips-which are independent of each other and detachable from the cylinder, each of said strips indicating a wager-ate with the amounts for each hour and the desired fractions of the hour corresponding to the scale member in conjunction with which it is to be used, a transparentcovering cylinder or sleeve for preventing injury or accidental removal or displacement of the several strips and for preserving the legibility thereof, removable means for holding the protecting sleeve in position and means for holding the information slips in the desired position on the cylinder relatively to the wage scale. \Vhen it is found desirable to add a new rate to the table or to change a rate shown thereon, strips may be added or one of the strips removed and another substituted in lieu thereof. My device therefore ,as will be apparent from an examination of the drawings will be found more convenient in use than the books of computations of wage rates which are now in common use and which contain numerous rates which are of no interest to most concerns and are found often to lack the rates which are most needed under modern conditions. By the use of my invention any business concern needs to keep before it only those rates which it has occasion to use and such rates are readily available without the loss of time incident upon turning over many sheets carrying rates with which it is not: at the time concerned. in the fact that; scales according to unusual rates of pay may be readily prepared and inserted without undue loss of time and will thereafter be always conveniently at hand when required.

An additional benefit is to be found I L iounted thereupon.

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each block is in to the cyliinler bv Q the cylinder may 7 visible anon required base, it, with hinge. shaft, as indicated at 22 der may be oscillated bacl 1 7 n v e 21, at .he lower end of cyli ,1 gr end of the cylinder an a nd to si pilially vertr cap,'2 ,is1. rovided zoprevent verticzs. c oosition adapted l ment accidental displacement o i 3 The l sleeve.

ion is proll. er that the data a J '7 l l l cylind i; and parts l or the support of the Yeral wage stri a,

wide the cylind rt both of its ends spider or cap such as 10, (see Figure and 11, having a series of downwardly projecting spring iii rs 12, each one of which is adapted to e and hold in position the corresponding end of one of the .information strips, 0, each of which information strips is provided. at its top with a certain rate and therebeneath a column of amounts corresponding to various periods of time worked at the rate given at the top of the strip.

To support a scale or scales carrying series of hours or periods of time corresponding to the amounts in the strips, l and 9, I arrange on'the shaft, 2, a scale carrying member, 13, which as Will be seen by reference to Figures, 1 and 3, is provided at both its top and bottom with spring forked ends, 14 and 15, adapted to engage the notches, 16 and 17, in said shaft in such a manner as to be nonrotatable thereon. This scale carrying member, 13, is preferably made with parallel sides, 18 and 19, spaced a sufficient distance apart to allow precisely two of the information strips, 9, (e g. the strips, 9 and 9 to appear therebetween. The purpose ofthis arrangement is twofold: First, in order to insure that the desired strip is examined by the user; and, second, that the utility of the scale may be increased by inserting twice the number of hours or other periods of time that would be convenient were but a single scale used. For example, the left hand scale might be arranged to carry the hours and subdivisions thereof up to hours, and the right hand scale the hours from 70 to 140 and the sub-divisions thereof. In this way all the divisions that are ordinarily required.

in figuring a pay roll can be made available and this without unduly increasing the height of the cylinder.

For the purpose of providing means for preventing injury or displacement of the information strips, 9, I provide a sleeve, 20 of celluloidor other transparent material through which the strip may be viewed, designed to cover the entire length of the strips. This sleeve is supported in position venientiy by the user. The amount tion in the hinge may be regulated by ofthe screw, 23.

F or the same purpose I have provided the modification of the base illustrated in Figures, (S and 7, wherein it will be noted that the; shaft, 2, in its engagement with the base, 1,- to which it is held by the screw, 24, is held in vertical position by means of the springs, 25 and 25 and may be tipped forward and backwards against the resistance of the springs, 25,and 25 which will limit its movement and hold it in desired position.

The method of using my improvedftable will appear from the foregoing description, and when the caps,.21 and 22, have. beeriremoved from their engagement with the bearings, G and 7, and the protective -sleeve, 20, lifted off of the cylinder, any addition, sub-- stitution or change in the informationslips that maybe desired may be made. Strips I carrying obsolete tables or rates may be re moved, and'new strips may be added or substituted, or corrected stri s inserted, etc. and

the parts reassembled, w ien all will. be held Having thus described my invention and.

illustrated its use what I claim as newand desire to secure by [letters Patent is the following l. In combination'in a device of the class described, a base, a non-rotatable shafthinged to the base, means for maintaining the shaft in. upright position, a cylinder mounted rotatably upon the shaft and pro- '-vided withlongitudinally extending tables,. .and a scale extending longitudinally of the cylinder adjacent its surface and secured to the shaft.

2. In combination in a device of the class described, a base, a non-n latablc shaft hinged to the base. yielding means for maintaining the shaft in upright position, :1 cylinder mounted rotatably upon the shaft and provided with longitudinally extending tables, and a scale extending longitudinally of the cylinder adjacent its surface and secured to theshaft.

3. in combination in a device of the class and non-rotatable with respect to the base, a

described, a base, a shaft hinged to the base releasable catch for maintaining the shaft in upright position, a cylinder mounted rotatably uponthe shaft and provided with longitudinallyextending tables, and a scale extending longitudinallyof the cylinder ad jacent its surface and secured to the shaft.

4. In combination in a device of the class described, a cylinder provided with removable information strips, a transparent cylinder fitting over the strips for maintaining them in )osition, and means for maintainin the transparent cylinder releasably in posi tion.

5. In combination in a device of the class described, a cylinder provided Wltli removable informationstrips, a transparent cylinder fitting over the strips for maintaining them in position, and caps fitting over the ends of-the cylinders for maintaining the transparent cylinder in' position.

(5. In combination in a device of the class described, a cylinder, a plurality of removable information stripsextending longitudinally thereof, and a cap secured to the end of the cylinder provided with a plurality of spring fingers for yieldinglyengaging the ends of the strips. t

7. In combination in a device of the class described, a cylinder having the edge por-' tion at one end beveled off, a plurality of removable infori'nation strips extending longitudinally of the cylinders with their ends upon thebeveled oif portion, and a cap secured to-the end of the cylinder and having inclined fingeis over the beveled edge engaging the ends of the strips.

8. In combination in a device of the class dcscribtal, a cylinder having the edge portion at one endbeveled 'oif, a plurality of removable information strips extending longitudinally of the cylinders With their ends upon the beveled ott' portion, and a cap secured to the end of the cylinder and having inclined spring fingers over the beveled edge engaging the ends of'the strips.

9. In combination in a device of the class described, a' cylinder having the edge portion at one end beveled oil, a plurality of removable lnformation strips extending longitudinally of the cylinders with their ends upon the beveled ofi portion,'a cap secured to the end of the cylinder and having inclined fingers over the beveled edge engagingthe ends of the strips, and a transparent retaining cylinder extending over the.

strips.

10. In combination in a device of the class described, a cylinder having the edge-portion at one end beveled off, a plurality of removable -information strips longitudinally of the cylinder with their ends upon the beveled off portion, a cap secured to the end of the cylinder and hav ing inclined fingers over the beveled edge engaging the ends of the strips, a transparent retaining cylinder extending over the strips, I

extending 

